Dan. medial [x] vanished between vowels; [-x-] > [-ø-]

Dan. medial [x] vanished between vowels; [-x-] > [-ø-]

According to the Comparative Tables, the medial voiceless velar spirant [x] that developed from primitive [kʰ] vanished in Danian (PE19/23). In the Ossiriandic dialect, the same was true of primitive medial [kʰw], indicating that this change was after [w] vanished after medial velars in Ossiriandic. It may be that [x] first became [ɣ] as part of the general rule that medial voiceless spirants voiced after vowels before ultimately vanishing.

Medial [x] (“ch”) was preserved before a consonant in the name Gochressiel, so it is likely that [x] was only lost between vowels.

Order (02300)

After 01200 [w] vanished after medial velars in Ossiriandic ᴹ✶-khw- > Dan. - PE19/23

Phonetic Rule Elements

[-x-] > [-ø-] ✧ PE19/23 (-khj- > -(j)); PE19/23 (-kh- > -); PE19/23 (-kh- > -)

Phonetic Rule Examples

-xj- > -j- -x- > -ø- ᴹ✶-khj- > Dan. -(i) ✧ PE19/23
-xw- > -w- -x- > -ø- ᴹ✶-khw- > ED. -(v) ✧ PE19/23
-x- > -ø- -x- > -ø- ᴹ✶-khw- > Dan. - ✧ PE19/23